Pierre-Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos [ Art and Literature / Association ]
… Image Joseph Ducreux, 'Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos', © RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) - Photo Gérard Blot, INV 27625, Recto, XVIIIe siècle. Abstract Laclos embodied all forms of eighteenth-century sociability. He was a Freemason and regular visitor to the clubs and … of Letters Born on 18 October 1741 in Amiens to a recently ennobled family, Pierre-Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos embodied all forms of eighteenth-century sociability. He frequented the salons of the garrison towns where he was …
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